KP CM launches anti-polio campaign to vaccinate 6.752mln children.

PESHAWAR -- Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mehmood Khan on Monday launched anti-polio campaign to vaccinate 6.752 million children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during five days campaign.

Speaking on the occasion, the chief minister said it was a matter of grave concern that new polio cases had surfaced in the province, but he reiterated that the government had firm resolve to eradicate the deadly virus and make the province completely a polio-free region.

He said that parents' refusals were impediments in way of polio eradication but hastened to add that the provincial government were amicably tackling those cases and resolving the issue through dialogues successfully.

He said that that this strategy on addressing refusal cases had worked and was yielding better results.

He said it would be ensured that not a single child was left during the anti polio campaign, adding this year 54 cases were reported from Bannu and North Waziristan which was a challenge not only for the government but the residents of those areas too.

He said all stakeholders and each individual of the society had to come forward and play his or her role to make the drive a complete success.

The CM said great sacrifices had been rendered for eradication of polio from the province and the country and martyrdom of 76 people for this cause was testament to...